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WM LLOYD GARRISON, Editor.
mx <&tt\wtx\j is t&* World, our Countrymen are nil gN
J. B, YERRINTON k SON, Printeri.
VOL. XXXIV. NO. 53.
BOSTON, FEIDAY, DECEMBEE SO, 1864*
WHOLE NO. 3769.
t\tt\ iflus*
PRESIDENT LINCOLN-GENERAL BAMKS1
ered by Major
re<l Men " '
t F.ronumy Hall, on Monday
be Five Colo,,',! Men of
.occasionally to the dignity cf an in.
■ IVninsiibi
i constantly upon Pre "
■ those tcinuh old soldiers, Ha
' ed though they were i
oiii mand.
3 the strength that Mi
'ciHu'c.'is' on,',' ,, s i'
prieved of care by bis clastic and pll
summons mirth fulness to relieve ot
Lincoln's stories—which, by the w;
V"ll";i|cii
-^"usually
King
:, Chic
it-li is sure, that his clear perception of tin
igusoi the times, and his righteous use for the ben
■fit of man of Ihe vast power conferred upon him,
rill ensure to him an historic height,.' <;-
ithcrsin cur annala, and without a rivi
Men of color ' is it. nol. side to follow
''Is'a,-adieu,' Abolitionist, I am satis fi
Here'in Lot
ilinost clliirtsl
Men said he was against the rights of the c
■d men. I knew that he accepted the conditio,
ho revo'ut imv, .'ir.; was up to (he issues ,,< (lie I
tus safe to trust on the great question. He bai
toward the election of Hon. Mich;
■receptee
f Major Gen. '.
I believe in the great ability of Gen. 1
red man. (Cheering.)
in Ins steadiness ol purpose to ensure jnst.ee t,
colored man, for the sake of all men; justice'
attained bv means so wise, that there will b.
erders. aiff.-iiiw
an that whieh ht
the'earriage oi' t'
,, Ibis Department, opposed to wlia
red man. I have studied that polic
.dunder it assiduously, watd:
ry stepol ils progress. If 1 could di'
len dene by Gen. Ii.
o, in the face of so many
.eset the neFo question
■getth.it those, orders of his
■ique, under which 1 liil.oreil actively, attracted at-
Hi- order creating the Fnrolment Conimis;
tl true consideration of the frcedmen. It was fully
approved by Secretary Stanton, whose care of the
s the
ll Ihe colore
(lieeng pell-mell from the chances of war, the vindi
venturer.-, lo llie opportunity of organized labor and
I bud llie honor, bv the request of th.
(Jen. Kai,.=om, then at Natch.-.., to cseoi
of Major Gen. (
i, Gen. G.
o order for the control o
of Gen.
order
appro
Congress, attended by i
mule—who, by official eo
from three to five plantai
Many of thes
" Labor Order."
crops, leaving
profitable and
The "Educ
gratuitous instruction to
people, young and old.
n of un-
iliorilii.e:
Louisiana is the van-
uard of an armv of returniiv commonwcallhs.
•he free Constitution of Louisiana will become the
outhcrn States.
incapable themselves
legal precedenI
1 to their own pi
own political advancement
of governing, limited
lo im'-ni ion's and leg, ,
ns, wedded to their own plan of
a political advancer
But thei
. -ople,
{i'r""'lTi
i.bihty ;u..l
TilCV do
„.,.! of
hat nothing has been sai
many of their own pet
elieveltTsmooted
Oh; a^npSprov'det
ish to adopt. Following the triumph of o
Chase immediately accepted
gument but that of prejudice or passion. The bill
pic, because it buses the right, of citizenship upon
the degree of white or black blood. It would per-
We must not forget that this political equality-
has nothing to do with social equality. A man is
iim! my companion because he votes. Many white
and for man. ■ i men before
(he law—and politically. Then' tbe social question
1 think that the rbdit of the free colored m,
•me lies, to-day. almost in their own hands. 1
s needed to accomplish it arc unity, wisdom
f'tlio race, he shall pinner.'inln division
., fi ur 111 i i • _T bis friends when he .-.linn Id fight
tiee, then assuredly the colored man. in all
ne a constituent or agre
colored Creoles of Loui
may depend upon you.
labor, sustain the Go'
Combine "your influen,
"o" win win!
,of whom l! may be said, as Xa-
ver forget anything," They
lor Order rt
Some Nort1
,n, make a fo
but tbo.
■ for th,
lake a fortu
ison, and go away to spend it; but
. failed are crying aloud against the T.i
3 dcvcl.
s delta,
'■on"to
!.;:.y"
HENRY VINCENT ON THE AMERICAN WAR,
The eloquentBritish platform orator, Henry Yin-
oi ihe Xorrbainptor. ,'Kng.) Mechanics'Institute, on
M 1 1 1 - 11
consequences." We give the following extract :—
■eplani.,
iiith y
l""1 ; "
I hai
; too much self-resp
his assembly wants ai
(Cheers.) If he c
make bold to say he
ainst slavery is morally dead, and is fit for noth-
l most grinding of all bondages. ' (Cheers.)
th the^oTth, and l"wi!l\.e!l yo'n'why.
to tbe people. This gentleman has
(Cheers.) What if
If peacefully every v.- here. (Loud cheers.)
i, i, 1 ■ .i J i
nd. It is a Conservatism '..
nit t.o rebellion. You Con
...verted to a rebellion whi
■eaebeveo in the wilde.sl ,b.
id tbat you have been coiiv,
illion; and while I
c Kngli'shTory has'begun to like rebellion. (Hear,
"Uli Ka'-h,-1!,,.;','.;' U^viike''
1. am obliged to talk Cm
ay, '• No, n,
:en deli
i.ism lo them, and I am obliged
oTre'op^^LfSia::;,.,! an
f this theory of id
rebellion, under all eircun
J world. (Cheers.) I should go with the Xortl
'■ ■ ■
Ob, mighty God, who
as cattle and chattels,
that the polato 1:
lowrTin 'rears,"and^in blood,'and' in iii'iM-ry.^Tlu.
ilignation. As a Otate, it has been above all othei
TT marl'choL' TT\ Thi-. I believe, 'wh'ateve
may take place in the future, that, tbe Union wi
tLTon^t!'1! will proohesv this! tha.'slavc'rv wilt b
overtaken, root and bran'eh. Whether the Unio
stands or fall., slavery will die. (Cheers.) This
my great consolation; and would to God I cou!
have announced its death, without writing it dow
in letters of blood! Oh, American people, oh, Chri.
pray that he may bring you out. ol" this baptism i
surpassed at any period of my life. I feel that tr
Aincrieaii question is the battle-ground on whieh
being fought out for the Anglo-Saxon race, tint
neutrality. (Cheers.)
.still hold by tbe doctrine
ADDRESS
Union, and Emancipation Society, Manchester,
HIS EXCELLENCY ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
Sin,—W« hasten to congratulate you on the welcome intelligence that you have asiatn been elected
■d
of America; an election whieh, whosl it has Seidell
the f,!r„f Slavery in your great, country, cannot
:, ,!-; ".i- hem;-: one of the most sublime
spectacles in the whole history of the. world,"
platform ol'enligbtened patriotism and radical Anti-
gior'ioudy haveY
Nobly
.nd illustrated'the v'alu.
tentative govern.
/rneltyand iniquity, Human Sla.
■aik slrug-iin::
TzTTi
at tbey will s
of your first Presidency, you 1
hundred thousand square miles, whieh three yea:
ago was claimed by the rebels; and doubtless you
remaining three hundred and forty thou,a,id squat
miles from ihe. grasp of the Slaveholders' Confede
aL"We rejoice in your reelection, because " we ha\
observed in your presidential career a grand sin
pbeirv Ml' purpose, and a palriolisn, thai knows .
danger, am! which does not falter." We have recoj
indeed and without exception be. the home of the
and in administration, shall continue to be "the
We have deplored tlu' undisguised sympathy
tedei:,iv in Ibis country ; but wc rejoice to be. able
the struggle, the great majority of t
os. and no inc.HHilen,"■'-■
class, together with th
anci liberty; and by tl
■' Con,
We a
unmindful of
times of the peoples of this nation and of America
are inseparably linked together; and we believe
will'crush the rebellion, restore the Union, maintain
your national integrity, and thereby secure the
priceless heritage of freedom to your people through-
Thomab Bati.ky i
John H. Ebtcodr'
RESOLUTIONS,
nd by earnest icllection. My prayei
help adding another prayer, that God in his gr<
him grace, moderation, and wisdom lo become greater than even the first Washington. Mav he, by his
policy. hU worth, and his pietv. live to plant the foot
of liberty on the neck of slavery, and live to blow
the trumpet which shall re-echo through all
Nun.', proclaiming llie great, fact thai
can conserve il. bv its virtue and by irs policy against
The following joint resolutions, introduced by Mr
of the rules, in tbe House, by'the Legislature o
the Free State of Louisiana, on Friday, Novembe;
' ' Sent1
lohiyiihy
i the ulti
.!■!.; !■.
iratefnl to God, (blind freedom, do ther
1 Siat
-ely, under God, upon tbe loyalty-
Resolved, That, for th.
reat objects, we rely, mi
lel"a a"ciaIly!nponBn< '
oJr National Iv If'
Resolved, That springing from the people—by
the people ' '-'-
ty, through
the Field.
Kcsolved, That we are but ante-dating the Ian
■uage ol history when we speak of Washingtoi
he founder, Lincoln, the liberator of tbe nation.
Resolved, That to the consideration and aceepl
nee of the Representatives of Ihe nation. In Con
ross .assembled, we do earnestly commend the fre
Resolved, That the fre,
he tree Stale ot Louisiana
ill-ting.
I, That in Grant ai
ie"first LepslaUini of''the'fVe
flodspeec
WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEK GAINED.
Is this war for the Union indeed a failure ? Lt
nd UiTfand"answer0the questiom "Let I 'eountr
early as^ large asjialf ol Europe, taken from th
Shiloh, ami ffonelson, and' C.eltvsbur"' and \'\vt.
burg; andFort Hudson, and New Orleans, and Hi
Why, this wretched calumny had scarcely'been u
red I.
let'lellal, ('.„
r, and his a
■ blood of
at Atlantn
len'Sher
alt,-,' a decided victorv, was driving (be re
,n the valley of Virginia. Was Sherm;
gn from .Memphis and Nashville lo C!,a
and if
know or d" bisdulv ['TIT.
derness a failure, or the de,
battles of one-third of Lee's armv, together w
e sei/ure. of the great Weldon railroad, or the
il;e there of the Confederate attack —were th,
ilnres ? Recollect,
bordinate only to
'ar.inpla
uch ere.::
rt. (Irani'
'" ''ere tl.. '
Ceiiei
h credit, caimot be: given to ihe heroic Sherman
icmbered that their great victories and
Grant's plan—•■,',,„■, ,,:r,v\„., n.,. ,i;.-,„.
■' Shenandoah.'and the West,, so as to
I all the roads connecting with liieh-
inoud, and capture ihe Confederiilc army ami gov-
\vy. Were the gallant dec-ds
icksbnrp, on the Mississippi
lid Ihe Red River failures •
il'Adniiriil Port
' Were ibe captur
the forts andcilyof l'ensaeola, of all the Florid
the defeat of the Merrnnae anil Tennessee—ll.
destruction of the Alabama—the capture of Poi
tTl'T faibm's ■> No-\he war isnot a'f'aibire. Tl
a glorious and transcendent success. Already tl
whole Southern and Southwestern coast is ours, wit
Columbus to its mouth, and*
e Miss
be hands'.
■idallit
Ches
South Carolina, of Florida, Al;
e Pot Oi
The whole coast or North and
jWii
ours. Tennessee
wholly ours. K,
wholly o
in which this contest began,) is no,
.Not ii rebel flag floats within ils limit;
were such mighty conquests achieved
within so short a period ? Why, tbe eonquesis of
Alexander, of Civ-ar and Napoleon covered no such
o ]!,,:,;, am
nd itatribu
d'r AreFi
planted there, in sight of and
tli Mi Maryland, ai
:■..,. k ■■
protection of the Unio
who have been email'.
■d-e of the
.tl'erson Davis to come back agai
■iississlppiV Are the trailers Col
the MeCle
r Hill ? S
cause of the. war. It'was slavery
fix gnu at Sunder, and denianJ-
' -.■■-.-■
■luaie slavery, as a bk-c! and divine
thev avowed I v framed the Confed-
ion. In the debates of Congress of
dings of the ~
Pea« Congr
i, by the very terms of the
■', the Governn^nt. Slay.
is our great enemv. !md shall we not destroy it?
Slavery was the sole cause of ihe war, and .hall it
i mi ' ' il ?!'?»
Ibra brief peHodtia'i''eV:
remove tbe cause, and restnre the patient to permanent ami perfect health, he is but a quack and an
cination Proclamation being, as we
■
and expedient ': Wc have seen that the rebel South,
even by conscripli,.,,,, when neees-ary, used slaves for
"..'. a • ; !.'. . . ;.
1 1 I i-
greal niiiitary strcnglli, bceiiuFe tbey declared that,
nly be done by emancipation? Now, let u.
se that while we refuse the use of the colored
whether bond or free, in aid of the war, they
.ed tor (bat purpose by the South, what would
iit.es in th
seceded Stat
s, 5,449,463, would thus
' -,;l1,'1"'"'
In the loval States, the
mle popul
teTVSl
2/coloi°edWh,Now1S"
^nS^ionld
Slates. 'i.i<i'_\i,7aYdi,lercnee in fi.v,.:-
States, 12,-151,283. Now, to begin the process, add
to the whites in the loyal States the free Colo,,], ami
the total numhci ' - 1 Slate.
loval States, TJ.:i-i'J.5u7 t --ceded Stales, itAli'Af:,.
]';,-, if, concluding the process, by the ciniiueipatinn
'!,; ,-- ,i., S" .... Z ■■]-■•■ Z • . ..-■■■.■.
tl It ' 1 1 H Keed
:iM-,iust the South only 1 L'.-l.'.l .2^S. ul ■
II Deduct 'trmi.Pth'isythe
above 12,451.288; final difference, 8,054,866. Thus
JEFFEESON DAVIS AT A DISCOUNT.
The Lucifer of the Confederacy is below par. He
■...pole,,,,.!,ai!:,- has made latn-'elf o'-.noxious to the
nore serious charge of military imbecility. The
iiebmond press is besieging him to point out the.
■ the penpie of invaded
■. thei
1 quartera hold him rcspotisil
ES'I for having removed i
who clamored against i
' Fabian policy." It is an instructiv
the very men who c
3 Chie
, That, t
.Abraham Lnmoh,1,
' He mVbrassu"
ng about the
un,and what armies would be strong enough
iiughiy Ten itMiics uniting us with the Pacific
leader. Hi
■,. . ■, .
1 .-.! :■:■ ., .
111. .a,,.,.ity ... ,l.t
of unbounded eulogy. '
o befall the Southern

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WM LLOYD GARRISON, Editor.
mx No-\he war isnot a'f'aibire. Tl
a glorious and transcendent success. Already tl
whole Southern and Southwestern coast is ours, wit
Columbus to its mouth, and*
e Miss
be hands'.
■idallit
Ches
South Carolina, of Florida, Al;
e Pot Oi
The whole coast or North and
jWii
ours. Tennessee
wholly ours. K,
wholly o
in which this contest began,) is no,
.Not ii rebel flag floats within ils limit;
were such mighty conquests achieved
within so short a period ? Why, tbe eonquesis of
Alexander, of Civ-ar and Napoleon covered no such
o ]!,,:,;, am
nd itatribu
d'r AreFi
planted there, in sight of and
tli Mi Maryland, ai
:■..,. k ■■
protection of the Unio
who have been email'.
■d-e of the
.tl'erson Davis to come back agai
■iississlppiV Are the trailers Col
the MeCle
r Hill ? S
cause of the. war. It'was slavery
fix gnu at Sunder, and denianJ-
' -.■■-.-■
■luaie slavery, as a bk-c! and divine
thev avowed I v framed the Confed-
ion. In the debates of Congress of
dings of the ~
Pea« Congr
i, by the very terms of the
■', the Governn^nt. Slay.
is our great enemv. !md shall we not destroy it?
Slavery was the sole cause of ihe war, and .hall it
i mi ' ' il ?!'?»
Ibra brief peHodtia'i''eV:
remove tbe cause, and restnre the patient to permanent ami perfect health, he is but a quack and an
cination Proclamation being, as we
■
and expedient ': Wc have seen that the rebel South,
even by conscripli,.,,,, when neees-ary, used slaves for
"..'. a • ; !.'. . . ;.
1 1 I i-
greal niiiitary strcnglli, bceiiuFe tbey declared that,
nly be done by emancipation? Now, let u.
se that while we refuse the use of the colored
whether bond or free, in aid of the war, they
.ed tor (bat purpose by the South, what would
iit.es in th
seceded Stat
s, 5,449,463, would thus
' -,;l1,'1"'"'
In the loval States, the
mle popul
teTVSl
2/coloi°edWh,Now1S"
^nS^ionld
Slates. 'i.i